Polytheism

Procedural Polytheism: An Alternative Approach to the Free-Exercise Clause

Analytical and Comparative Study of Commentary of the Verse Sanctioning against Marriage with Polytheists

Diversity of commentators' opinions about explanation of polytheism along with the claim that verse 221 of  Al-Baqara is obsolete and discusses the subject of avoiding marriage with polytheists, has added to the difficulty of understanding this verse. According to the prevalent attitude among the Fariqain commentators about this problem, there is no problem regarding marrying the people of the ...

A Survey on the Verses Superficially Pointing to Ibrahim`s Lack of Purity

The appearance of some verses revealed on prophets disagrees with their purity. As is clearly known, some terms like Divine forgiveness and absolution, sin, repentance have been proposed with regard to the prophet Ibrahim. In this way, there can be found some cases of doubt on him of which may be counted his father`s polytheism and Ibrahim`s prayer for him, Ibrahim`s telling a lie, his request ...

On the Present-day Veneration of Sacred Trees in the Holy Land

This article surveys the current pervasiveness of the phenomenon of sacred trees in the Holy Land, with special reference to the official attitudes of local religious leaders and the attitudes of Muslims in comparison with the Druze as well as in monotheism vs. polytheism. Field data regarding the reasons for the sanctification of trees and the common beliefs and rituals related to them are des...

Monotheism and the Language of Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Most Hebrew Bible scholars believe that Israelite religion evolved from polytheism to monotheism, an evolution in which the biblical writers participated. The dominant version of this consensus is that this religious evolution culminated by the end of the exile or shortly thereafter. A minority perspective places the evolutionary end point later. At issue is the presence of the language of divi...